Who were the leaders and laggards in Q1?

The top and bottom sectors, funds and stockmarkets of the quarter

Asian and emerging market equities built on last year's strong run by topping the chart of the Investment Association's sectors in the first quarter of 2017, as Indian equity funds dominated the top ten best performers list.

The IA sector producing the strongest returns was Asia Pacific ex Japan, up 11.6% over the three months to the end of March, followed closely by China/Greater China at 11.5% and Global Emerging Markets on 11%, according to data from FE. European sectors, both including and excluding UK, also made it into the top ten with returns of 5.9% and 6.2% respectively, despite uncertainty surrounding a raft of elections on the continent this year. However, UK All Companies and UK Equity Income came further down the list, delivering 4.5% and 4.2% respectively, as expectations of further volatili...